ASHEVILLE - Asheville Fire Department said it is investigating a fire that engulfed a Western North Carolina housing organizer's car while she was canvassing at an East Asheville apartment complex Oct. 11.

North Carolina Tenant's Union staff organizer Jen Hampton and two other housing organizers canvassed at the Evergreen Ridge Apartments near the Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the early afternoon of Oct. 11. When they left the apartments, they found Hampton's 2013 Ford Explorer surrounded by police officers and a fire truck. The vehicle had been destroyed by a fire that burned so hot near the vehicle's engine block that the car's hood and metal components had seemingly melted.

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